U.S. employers announced the fewest September job cuts since 2022 — a 20% drop from last year — yet hiring plans hit a 15-year low for the month, signaling a corporate world stuck in neutral. AI-driven cuts and a muted holiday hiring season suggest caution, not confidence, is running the show.

Ryan Roslansky, who grew LinkedIn from 700M to 1.3B users, is leaving Microsoft by year's end — citing his family's roots in the Bay Area over a full-time Redmond commitment. His exit joins a growing list of senior departures under Satya Nadella, even as Microsoft pushes forward with its unified Copilot platform.

Tesla delivered 486,532 vehicles in Q3 2026, topping Wall Street's expectations and sending shares up 2%. The win comes with a caveat though: deliveries are still down about 2% from the same quarter last year, as Chinese rivals and the loss of the U.S. EV tax credit keep the pressure on.

Anthropic's prospectus reveals a striking vulnerability — even brief government actions, like a short-lived export ban, can spook commercial customers and partners long after the policy reversal. For a company valued near $2 trillion with less than 1% of revenue from federal contracts, the reputational fallout from D.C. politics may matter far more than the direct business impact.

Almost no one gets honest feedback on their email habits, yet recruiters, clients, and executives quietly form opinions based on a few lines of text. These 10 common mistakes — from vague subject lines to missing greetings — can chip away at your professional image one message at a time, and the fixes take seconds.

With federal EV incentives gone and no real hybrid lineup to fall back on, GM's U.S. sales dropped 5.5% in Q3 while Toyota and Honda surged on the back of electrified vehicles. Toyota now trails GM by fewer than 136,000 vehicles in the quarter — a gap that was 335,000 just last year.

Residents of Scioto County, Ohio, learned about their new $1 billion Google data center after the deal was done.

As Paramount's $81B takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery nears its Oct. 6 close, CEO David Ellison is courting CNN chief Mark Thompson to stay — but Thompson wants guarantees he'll run the newsroom his way. With Bari Weiss sidelined from any CNN role and staff uneasy about a CBS merger, the battle over who controls America's cable news is just getting started.

A few weekends of grilling season remain — enough time to actually fix the habits quietly ruining your food. From two-zone fires to brining, these 10 techniques separate someone who grills from someone who grills well.

Most people configure privacy settings once and forget them — but apps, OS updates, and ad networks keep quietly expanding what they collect. These 10 checks take minutes and cover the spots where the most data quietly leaks: location history, ad identifiers, app permissions, and more.

Mountain Dew is bringing its Pitch Black citrus grape flavor across the Atlantic, with a U.K. launch starting through wholesaler Booker in October before going nationwide in November 2026. The move builds on an 11.5% sales bump for the brand, signaling real momentum in a competitive soft drink market.

The G7 agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel reserves, a move that brings fuel prices down and heads off a U.S. export ban that had European nations on edge. Diesel futures dropped 5% on the news — but with prices still near 70% above pre-conflict levels, leaders left the door open for more releases.

In a rare public statement, Shivon Zilis — an AI exec and mother of four of Elon Musk's children — said he ended their relationship in a week with no explanation. She shared a screenshot of affectionate texts from Musk just days before the split, painting a startling picture of how suddenly things fell apart.

The sportswear company posted $11.21 billion in first-quarter sales, short of analyst expectations, and now expects revenue to fall in fiscal 2027

From tipping to white wedding dresses, most social norms weren't born from wisdom or tradition — they were born from royal PR, factory defaults, and loopholes in labor law. This breakdown traces 20 everyday customs back to the exact moment, person, or business interest that invented them.

Young adults' faith in Washington has fallen for years. Many now doubt November's midterms will be fair, and they're less likely to vote

Nike missed Q1 revenue estimates and now expects a high-single-digit sales decline for fiscal 2027 — a sharp turn from its earlier, more optimistic forecast. China remains a major headache, with regional revenue cratering 22%, while the brand's stock has lost over 40% of its value since the start of 2026.

By the time a mouse crosses your kitchen floor, there's likely been a colony behind your walls for months — and your homeowner's insurance won't cover the damage. Knowing how to read early clues like droppings, smells, and sounds can mean the difference between a quick service call and a costly renovation.

AAdvantage members can now combine miles with cash when booking domestic flights — a flexibility United and Delta have offered for years. It's a small but meaningful upgrade for loyalty members who never quite have enough miles for a free ticket.

Mynt, the company behind the Philippines' dominant mobile wallet GCash, priced its IPO at a valuation that could make it one of the biggest listings in Philippine Stock Exchange history. With 94 million users and backers like BlackRock and Ant International, this debut signals just how fast Southeast Asian fintech is maturing.

UnitedHealth and Humana are dropping coverage for more than a million enrollees as major insurers retreat from unprofitable markets ahead of 2027 — and Aetna and Centene are pulling back too. Affected seniors will need to find new coverage during open enrollment this fall or be rolled back to original Medicare.

PepsiCo slashed snack prices by up to 15% in February to win back frustrated shoppers. Now it's reversing course, with modest hikes coming for Doritos, Ruffles, and some sodas — and consumers are already threatening to go store-brand.

The strange origins of 20 social norms, from tipping and wedding rings to white dresses, trace back to one person, decade, or industry

Learn the early signs of a pest problem in your home, from odors and sounds to droppings and damage, before it spreads

These grilling skills help home cooks fix common mistakes, read heat correctly, and finish the season grilling with more confidence

These 10 privacy settings control who sees your location, photos, messages and browsing habits, most take under a minute to fix

Factory robots just passed 5 million worldwide — here's what these machines actually weld, pack, sort and assemble every day

Jay Clayton — lawyer, former SEC chair, and Trump golf buddy — is expected to be named AI czar while keeping his intelligence director role. The pick signals Trump wants a loyalist dealmaker at the helm of AI policy, not a technologist, even as polls show most Americans think AI companies aren't doing enough to prevent harm.

The Pixel 10a — Google's most affordable smartphone — quietly jumped from $499 to $599, with memory costs taking the blame. It's part of a broader wave hitting the whole industry: Samsung, Apple, and now Google are all passing surging component prices straight to consumers.

Learning a new skill as an adult rewires your brain in ways that boost memory, focus and long-term cognitive health

Your relationship with alcohol can shift gradually, and these 10 quiet signs are worth noticing before they become a bigger problem

For the first time since 2024, more U.S. consumers are calling current business conditions bad than good — a shift that goes beyond the usual worry about the future. When present-day confidence breaks this way, it tends to show up in real spending decisions: what people buy, delay, or skip entirely.

New York City is now the first U.S. municipality to require businesses to let you cancel a subscription the same way you signed up — no hold music, no runaround. It's a local fix for a national problem, arriving just as a federal click-to-cancel rule was struck down in court.

MSG Sports is splitting its two iconic New York franchises into independent public companies, with the deal set to close Oct. 26. Investors holding MSGS shares will automatically receive Rangers stock — no action required — and both teams will trade under new tickers by Oct. 27.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield touched 5.34% Thursday, a level not seen in over two decades, as a global bond selloff stretches from the U.S. to the U.K. to Japan. Rising energy prices, AI-driven capital shifts, and expectations of more Fed rate hikes are squeezing borrowers everywhere — from governments to homebuyers already facing 7%+ mortgage rates.

The healthiest cities in America don't just attract healthy people — they're designed to make healthy choices the easiest ones. From Cambridge to Berkeley to Bellevue, this year's top 10 share walkable streets, green space, and hospital access within reach of most front doors.

A drinking problem rarely announces itself with a dramatic moment — it sneaks in through small, easy-to-rationalize changes like needing more to feel the same buzz or drinking alone becoming the default. Spotting these patterns early, when habits are still loose, is when you have the most options. Here are 10 concrete signs worth knowing.

The global factory robot fleet just hit a record 5 million — more than double what it was seven years ago. But the real story isn't the number; it's the expanding range of jobs these machines have taken on, from car-body welding to pharmaceutical packaging to warehouse logistics. Here's a clear-eyed breakdown of the actual work behind the headline figure.

Clear, compelling prose comes down to decisions, not gifts: cut dead weight, use active voice, front-load your point. These 20 practical habits work whether you're drafting a novel or a work email — and most can be applied in a single revision pass.

Neuroscience has spent two decades dismantling the myth that learning peaks in youth — and the findings are striking. From thickening nerve insulation to measurable gray matter growth, picking up a new skill triggers real structural changes in the adult brain, and those changes are tied to slower cognitive decline and a later onset of dementia. The catch: passive activities don't cut it, only the effortful, repeated practice of trying something you can't yet do well.

Economists are sounding the alarm: if the U.S. bans diesel exports, British consumers — already facing record pump prices — could see inflation spike to 5.3%, triggering higher interest rates on top of rising energy bills. The catch? Diesel demand is nearly inelastic, meaning there's almost no easy way to absorb the shock.

After erasing over $1 trillion in market value earlier this year, Nvidia has roared back to an all-time closing high — now sitting at $5.7 trillion and inching toward a milestone no company in history has hit. Record revenue, massive buybacks, and AI agent hype are all doing the heavy lifting.

Netflix just dropped its most revealing audience report yet — and it may be one of the last, since the company is switching to annual disclosures starting in 2027. Action films dominated the top 10, non-English titles claimed over a third of watch time, and a single animated movie nearly broke a platform record.

Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to resolve claims it misclassified drivers as independent contractors — denying them minimum wage, overtime, and other basic protections. The record-breaking deal covers roughly four years of alleged violations, but Lyft admits no wrongdoing and won't have to reclassify drivers going forward.

Hernan Cristerna, the architect behind some of the biggest M&A deals of the past three decades, is retiring from JPMorgan at the end of 2026 — capping a career that shaped global dealmaking from InBev-Anheuser-Busch to Saudi Aramco's SABIC acquisition. His exit is part of a broader wave of senior departures at the bank, even as JPMorgan just posted $2.88 billion in investment banking fees — its strongest quarter in recent memory.

The designations target Iran's two largest domestic automakers, three rail companies, and foreign suppliers in Indonesia, the UAE, Turkey, and Hong Kong

Tripadvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards name the 10 best destinations in the world for 2026, from Bali's temples to New York City's icons

The deal includes an immediate 10% wage increase and annual raises of 4%, with up to 6% based on merit

The sports merchandise company currently holds about 10% of the U.S. sports betting market, trailing DraftKings and FanDuel

The AltaRounds use a seaweed-based coating and can be composted at home, but require a new $499.99 brewer